Carena: He called me several times after that, but I didn’t pick up. Then, I felt like I couldn’t just abandon him after giving him hope, so I answered his call again.“I can’t believe this. How could you back down from your plan?” he yelled, his voice breathy and angry.“Theo, calm down,” I uttered, worried about his health, but he shushed me.“Forget calming down. Do you think you could stay calm if I had backstabbed you like that?” he was taking it entirely the wrong way.“I’m not saying I’m going to help Sawyer kill more people. I just want to know a few things. Please give me some time. I’ll tell you everything I know. But I cannot let the council know about it yet. I cannot--give the evidence against Sawyer,” I closed my eyes, “I believe he’s misunderstood, and there’s more--”He cut me off with his statement, “More to kill? Because that’s what he does. If you’re waiting for him to kill more people and then you’ll open your eyes, then I must say, you’re selfish. He must have pr
Carena:“Please don’t hate me forever. I know I messed up. But I swear, I had no idea she would just lose the pet,” she said, turning to me and holding my hands to make me look at her."What?" I asked her, looking directly into her eyes, challenging her to repeat her statement."Carena, we were going to return Paco. We just wanted to mess with you a little. I swear, I don’t know how, but she somehow lost Paco, and he ran away," she explained, her eyes showing that she wasn’t lying. But that didn’t matter. How on earth did she let Ashley fool her so easily?I pulled my hands away and glared at her angrily. “She didn’t just lose that poor baby. She killed him, Payton. You two hated me so much for no reason that you threatened a poor pet’s life?” I stood up, raising my voice.“I know we messed up. But I swear I didn’t know she would kill him. She promised she would return the pet,” she said, looking shocked and probably telling the truth. But did it matter anymore?Why would she take par
Carena:"There’s no way. He’s not even in the pack," I laughed at myself while trying to reason with Theodore. He must be lying to me or trying to get a reaction out of me. He wanted those lists and videos, he could be using this lie to make me get emotional and hand him over the evidence."I don’t know. He and Ashley were on their honeymoon when she died in the woods. Do you still believe his words?" he hissed, and I could hear the warriors around him.“Yeah, but that doesn't mean—,” I felt my throat getting dry. Sawyer had told me he chose me over the ritual then why?Could it be true?"We have to take the body away," the warrior told Theo, just like in the old days, about removing the dead body from the scene."What happened? Why are you so silent? Or do you not care anymore because the people dying aren't your loved ones?" I clenched my fists at his mockery of me.I wasn’t a selfish person. I just didn’t want to go to the council and accuse someone who was only a small part of a b
Carena:"She’s going to be fine. I think it’s the trauma from that night that caused her to pass out," I said as I stood by Payton’s bed, watching her sleep peacefully. But I knew she had been through so much."Seeing that woman on the screen must have upset my daughter again," Lady Jane cried.I never had a mother to spend time with, so witnessing a mother break down for her daughter was really emotional for me."But the worst part is over. I remember Payton saying she was worried about that woman coming back for her someday. But now that she’s gone, I think Payton will finally be at ease." I gave Lady Jane a comforting hug before stepping back to look at Payton."Carena," her eyes filled with fresh tears, but this time they were tears of gratitude. I smiled for her because of the affection in her eyes for me."Even when we mistreated you and hurt your feelings nonstop, you never did anything wrong to us. You took care of my daughter in a way that even her own sister, if she had one,
Carena:My heart raced as I watched my mate stand and gaze at me, his eyes brimming with emotions.“What the heck are you on about?” I wanted to attack Theo and beat him up as much as I could for what he was doing. My mind was all over the place, thinking back and looking for signs. I wanted to know if it was something he did after I denied helping him out of anger or was always planning this?"Your highness, here is a copy of the text conversation I had with your Luna Queen," Theodore said, not stopping there. He pulled out a sheet of paper containing our messages.Sawyer didn't approach, but his warrior did, snatching the papers from Theo's hands. My heart was beating so loudly, and I was afraid of how Sawyer would take all this."What are you saying?" I finally broke from my daze and turned to question Theo about his outrageous claims. I was in such denial that I couldn't fully grasp what he was trying to do.Had he deceived me?What was all this nonsense about?"Hm! So, I'm a mons
Carena:"I was scared—" I fell silent as Sawyer gestured for me to stop.He then stared at Theo, signaling him to continue."She was going to leave with me. We even had sex—" That was it; I couldn’t let him lie any longer."That’s not true. He made advances, but I stopped him," I hissed, almost wanting to slap him to wake him up."Are you sure the baby was Sawyer’s?" Theo asked, and I rushed to the other side and slapped him.It didn’t make a difference; he rubbed his cheek but didn’t break eye contact with me. He looked back shamelessly, making me wonder how I hadn’t seen from the beginning what a scum he was.“Hm! So, with everything being said, it’s safe to say, Theodore, that you’ve earned the promotion you’ve worked so hard for,” my heart raced when Sawyer got up, grabbed a file from his man’s hand, and handed it to Theo, who smiled smugly.“Really?” Theo excitedly began going through the file.“Not only the promotion but also a pack of your choice, and the money and the house yo
Carena: I had been waiting for him to return to our room so I could continue the conversation with him. My head was throbbing from crying so much. Theo had betrayed me. He played such a nasty game.“Sawyer needs to understand our situation. Besides, we forgave him when he played games with us, so he should listen to what we have to say with an open mind and heart,” Akira was rightfully angry, but not with Sawyer--her anger was directed at Theo. But I was angry with myself for being so stupid and let him play me like that.“That jerk, how did he manage to get away with such a deal?” I was sure she wanted him to be punished by us as well, but for what? There is no punishment for manipulation. We were fools to believe him when he had been hired by Sawyer himself.Which made me question if Sawyer knew this all along.“Do you think Sawyer had Theo set this up for him?” she asked, sniffling as I recalled the way Theo lied about us having sex.“Akira! This is deeper than we think. Theo lied
Carena: “Is there anything else you want to discuss? Because, like I said, I’m sleepy,” he turned his face away and grunted.“You’ll understand soon enough that what I did came from a place of pure--emptiness,” I finished, but he had already ended the conversation. He grabbed the pillow from the bed and walked over to the couch, lying down even though he had previously disliked sleeping on the couch.I kept staring at his face before I jumped onto the bed and lay down on the mattress, sniffling into the pillow. I cried, peeking at the pillow cover, and then, after a few minutes, just as I was about to fall asleep, I felt Sawyer pull the blanket over me. I quickly shut my eyes to keep him from knowing I was still awake. The moment I smelled his cologne so close, I realized he was standing right in front of me.He stayed there, and then his soft lips touched my forehead. I had to clench my eyes tightly shut. I didn’t understand why he would show so much indifference when I was awake co